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Table 3 Anatomical and physiological study variables collected at 48h, according to RIFLE classification

From: Determinants of acute kidney injury during high-power mechanical ventilation: secondary analysis from experimental data

Variable

NO AKI

(n: 25)

RIFLE 1: risk

(n: 15)

RIFLE 2: injury

(n: 14)

RIFLE 3: failure

(n: 10)

p-value

Respiratory variables

     

 Tidal volume (mL)

413 (± 219)

398 (± 175)

434 (± 218)

372 (± 134)

0.893

 Respiratory rate (bpm)

29 (± 12)

26 (± 11)

26 (± 9)

21 (± 9)

0.084

 Mean airway pressure (cmH2O)

15.8 (± 6.2)

15.9 (± 5.7)

20.4 (± 8.3)

26.2 (± 8.3)

0.001

 PEEP measured (cmH2O)

9.2 (± 6.0)

10.1 (± 6.4)

12.9 (± 7.4)

18.5 (± 8.7)

0.001

 Driving pressure (cmH2O)

7.2 (± 3.6)

7.8 (± 2.8)

7.9 (± 2.6)

5.6 (± 2.6)

0.120

 Mean pleural pressure (cmH2O)

5.2 (± 2.7)

5.2 (± 2.5)

6.0 (± 4.2)

10.5 (± 3.8)

 < 0.001

 Stress-Transpulmonary pressure (mmHg)

11.8 (± 5.2)

12.4 (± 4.8)

14.7 (± 8.8)

11.5 (± 3.8)

0.472

 Strain, fraction

1.45 (± 0.89)

1.15 (± 0.55)

1.70 (± 1.17)

1.26 (± 0.50)

0.348

 Airway resistance (cmH2O*min/L)

0.20 (± 0.09)

0.22 (± 0.08)

0.21 (± 0.05)

0.23 (± 0.09)

0.740

 Elastance, respiratory system (cmH2O/mL)

48.9 (± 18.0)

52.1 (± 19.6)

49.6 (± 12.6)

56.1 (± 14.8)

0.693

 Elastance, lung (cmH2O/mL)

31.8 (± 16.3)

36.9 (± 19.4)

34.2 (± 7.9)

34.1 (± 13.4)

0.872

 Elastance, chest-wall (cmH2O/mL)

15.8 (± 6.0)

16.2 (± 5.8)

15.3 (± 7.1)

22.0 (± 8.4)

0.069

 Specific elastance

9.23 (± 4.57)

12.69 (± 6.97)

9.69 (± 3.03)

9.94 (± 4.21)

0.192

 Mechanical power, respiratory system (J/min)

24.7 (± 13.0)

23.7 (± 7.9)

29.9 (± 12.5)

25.4 (± 8.8)

0.461

 Mechanical power, lung (J/min)

18.9 (± 10.8)

18.3 (± 7.5)

23.3 (± 9.7)

17.6 (± 7.2)

0.401

Hemodynamic

     

 Heart rate (bpm)

86 (± 21)

87 (± 21)

109 (± 23)

115 (± 20)

 < 0.001

 Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)

72 (± 12)

71 (± 19)

71 (± 14)

61 (± 9)

0.186

 Central venous pressure (mmHg)

10.7 (± 3.8)

10.3 (± 4.7)

14.2 (± 5.6)

15.1 (± 4.9)

0.013

 Mean perfusion pressure (mmHg)

61 (± 12)

61 (± 19)

57 (± 15)

46 (± 10)

0.036

 Mean pulmonary artery pressure (mmHg)

25 (± 7)

24 (± 8)

32 (± 8)

34 (± 6)

0.001

 Cardiac output (L/min)

2.86 (± 0.77)

2.60 (± 0.65)

4.11 (± 1.74)

4.57 (± 1.86)

 < 0.001

 Central venous oxygen saturation (%)

77 (± 9)

76 (± 8)

73 (± 16)

81 (± 5)

0.394

 Lactates (mg/dL)

0.63 (± 0.29)

0.62 (± 0.259)

1.42 (± 1.62)

1.39 (± 0.79)

0.011

 Infused catecholamines (mcg/Kg)

4.3 (± 6.0)

4.4 (± 5.7)

12.9 (± 15.3)

11.0 (± 17.0)

0.034

 Blood gas analysis

     

 PaO2 (mmHg)

222 (± 28)

229 (± 189)

213 (± 46)

227 (± 27)

0.548

 PaCO2 (mmHg)

21 (± 10)

18 (± 4)

24 (± 20)

30 (± 20)

0.259

 pH

7.57 (± 0.06)

7.59 (± 0.05)

7.52 (± 0.14)

7.45 (± 0.16)

0.005

  1. Because 14 study-individuals expired before hour 48, the analysis was performed on 64 animals; p-value computed by one-way ANOVA